[Amended 7-8-2002]
No resident of the City of Oswego shall ride or propel a bicycle in
the City of Oswego on any street or any public property unless such bicycle
has been licensed and its license sticker is attached thereto, as provided
herein.
Every person engaged in the business of buying or selling new or secondhand
bicycles shall make a report within seven (7) days of any sale or transfer
to the Chief of Police of every bicycle purchased or sold by such dealer,
giving the name and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold,
a description of such bicycle by name or make, the frame number thereof and
the number plate, if any, found thereon.
Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of
the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver
of a vehicle by the laws of this state declaring rules of the road applicable
to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of the City applicable to the driver
of a vehicle, except as to special regulations in this chapter and except
as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which, by their nature, can
have no application.
No bicycle riding shall be permitted on the sidewalks abutting the following
streets:
A. West First Street and West Second Street, from West Cayuga
Street to West Mohawk Street.
B. Bridge Street, from West Third Street to East Third Street.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building
shall, upon approaching a sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, yield
the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk or sidewalk
area, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
approaching on said roadway.
No person shall park a bicycle on a sidewalk except in a rack designed
to support bicycles or against a building when the owner or occupant of the
building consents thereto. However, a bicycle may be parked on the sidewalk,
in an upright position, when said bicycle is attached to a parking meter by
chain or other securing device and where such parking of the bicycle shall
not be a hazard to automobiles traveling or parked upon the street or pedestrians
walking in the vicinity of said parking meter.
The Chief of Police is authorized to dispose of abandoned bicycles in
accordance with laws and regulations relating to abandoned property.
The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize
or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions
of this chapter.